Turi Ryder's "She Said What?" Podcast

Turi Ryder, author of “She Said What? (A Life on the Air)” has hosted her own radio shows in LA, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Portland. She gives advice, which you probably should not take, and tells stories, which you probably should not believe. Marci Persky spent years reporting and editing for UPI and other news organizations. She's worked in radio news and as a talk show host, for stations from her hometown of Kalamazoo Michicgan and her second home, Chicago. Marci now lives in Arizona, somewhere near the Grand Canyon, where she helps run an animal shelter, a political organization, and a hospice-supporting thrift store. Clearly, she likes to run things.

Learning to Say "No" 05/08/2024

Learning to Say "No" Animal Troubles. Marci has them. Turi has them. Both marriages have them. You can say “no” in so many ways. Turi is an expert. Somebody uses one of the worst words you know… then puts words like that on their motorcycle…and [so far] lives in Chicago. Meta AI’s ancestor—we’ve found him…and you may know him. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31188947

Elevation Sickness 05/01/2024

Elevation Sickness Company comes to Marci’s S@*#storm of Awesomeness ranch—at 11,000 feet. They are still alive. Marci’s moment of tech confusion nearly gets her eaten by wildlife. Once again, calls for help go out to “Steve in India.” Trouble at the bank. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31064908

Why Clean it Up? 04/26/2024

Why Clean it Up? The adult children are here. Marci flies again, with damage. Admitting you are wrong—when to do it? Cleaning: dust colored gloves trump rose colored glasses. Marci believes there are only two types of kids…and Turi should be glad she didn’t give birth to one of them. The digestive qualities of matza, and the renaming of prunes. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31007643

You Were Warned (Pt. 2) 04/24/2024

You Were Warned (Pt. 2) Marci has a “freedom of speech freedom of the press” agenda—but she once paid the price for a teenage transgression. Turi is a hard-liner on consequences, until she sees her own kid’s Facebook page. Now on campus: Imagine what happens when the thing you were told would happen…actually happens. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30972038

You Were Warned Pt. 1 04/21/2024

You Were Warned Pt. 1 Turi experiences a rude awakening. It’s the cops. Crime and punishment, Marci has been hacked. Crime and punishment on the university campus, aka didn’t your parents teach you anything? /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30916143

The Reunion 04/16/2024

The Reunion Marci is grandparenting…by some name. Reunion—radio and otherwise. The Denver Boot (for cars) and one for some other use. Update on the garbage house, which may explode. Marci’s history of neighborhood explosions. Reunions, radio and otherwise. Coachella, the algorithm strikes back. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30856093

Chivalry is Selective 04/12/2024

Chivalry is Selective Fine, thanks…and how did YOU sleep? Paying to take orders. The people on your social media that you know you know….but you could be wrong. The worst people at the worst performance at the Fringe Festival. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30791178

You Can't Have It For Free 04/06/2024

You Can't Have It For Free If you give it away….they don’t respect it. Another theory about your memory, and the kid you liked in fifth grade. Those boxes in storage, and the hoped-for natural disaster. The unopened box. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30706358

Pets Over Husbands 04/03/2024

Pets Over Husbands In a surprising twist, it turns out Turi may love the spousal unit more than Marci loves her husband. Or it may just be that Marci desperately craves an appearance on “Shark Tank.” There’s a helmet and a goat involved. Contemplating the return of the muumuu. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30654013

Why We Have Podcasts 03/31/2024

Why We Have Podcasts An old children’s story, and the tale of the foster dog. Marci’s marketplace adventure. Child-rearing, then and now. The nightmare tenant, again and still. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30614213

Nightmare with Prairie Dogs 03/27/2024

Nightmare with Prairie Dogs Marci’s hip deep in muck…and possibly vermin. A nightmare with various possible inhabitants in the holes in the back 40. Another foray into reality TV, and our possibly first ever movie review, with lots of dead people. Marci gets ready for a sentimental parting, that will make her $500. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30557673

The Anonymous Poison Pen Letter 03/22/2024

The Anonymous Poison Pen Letter Where the band width has gone. Dangerous things you can rent. Turi confesses to the embarrassing thing the foster dog has revealed to her. Hint: Turi is a princess. What quiet people are thinking. The anonymous rat-out. Professor repellent. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30506688

But Can You Sleep Through It? 03/19/2024

But Can You Sleep Through It? Marci is exhausted by goats and pina coladas. Turi is exhausted by dogs. The spousal unit sleeps on. And we learn a rule of thumb….about backing up. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30434098

The Profane Sweatshirt 03/12/2024

The Profane Sweatshirt Marci has the wrong clothes to go out in public…and ends up out in public. The epic wardrobe fail of Williams, Arizona. The privilege of the curtain-less window. Landlords and the people who hate them /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30298848

Prison Stories 03/08/2024

Prison Stories Marci is following a particularly grisly sentencing…because of the perpetrator’s tattoos. Grisly crimes—before and after social networking. Survival skills you do not want your cat to have. Newborn babies: what DO they remember? /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30286588

Unproductive Thinking 03/06/2024

Unproductive Thinking Turi has anxiety, but refuses to do anything that would make it go away…or make it worse. Marci admits to avoiding information. Middle-school inner dialogue, and when you should give up on making a friend. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30250723

Is Your Marriage OK? 03/01/2024

Is Your Marriage OK? News this week of the third divorce among Turi’s friends has the spousal unit asking this important question. And the answer may come down to the weather and an app. Also, a parental accomplishment—you may have reached this money-saving milepost, too. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30195173

Hormones 02/28/2024

Hormones Everything they tell you about youth and hormones is only half the story. Then there’s the post partum version…and the old lady version. The thing that you allegedly broke, but the explanation makes no sense. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30143103

Your Friend's Exploding Marriage 02/23/2024

Your Friend's Exploding Marriage Deceptively good marriages: Other people’s rotten spouses are easy to spot---and then it happens. Marci explains her accent. Backyard cattle update. Deceptively perfect babies. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30086753

Don't Date Lizards 02/20/2024

Don't Date Lizards Marci has read the account of a man who perished at the hands—well, claws and teeth, actually, of his pet. Turi explains that this is JUST like people who date bad boyfriends. And, amazingly, you will find her theory makes perfect sense. The marauding goats and cattle are back—indoors, this time. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/30042318

Maestro on the Couch 02/13/2024

Maestro on the Couch Turi is fascinated by a late night TV ad.which is better than what she’s been watching on disc, for the Screen Actors’ Guild awards. Marci has found a movie that’s even worse than watching “Black Adam”…again. #BradleyCooper #Maestro #BlackAdam #Bernstein #SAG /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/29890738

The Rental Car 02/09/2024

The Rental Car Marci claims her body parts could top the predictions of cataclysmic flooding during Turi’s work trip to LA. The helpful spouse and the bargain rental car. What (not) to do after you get sacked from your job in 2024. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/29798348

A Tale of 3 Bathrooms 02/06/2024

A Tale of 3 Bathrooms Marci is back from grand-maternity leave. She’s got diapers to change, and a cat in her bathroom. Turi has returned from Mexico. Plumbing also played a big role in her vacation. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/29795603

You May Not Give Birth in This Car 01/16/2024

You May Not Give Birth in This Car Increasingly nervous at the prospect of her daughter going into labor while the neighborhood is snowed in, Marci has a “plan b”…and a “plan c”. One involves the fire department, the other is messier. You’re going to name him what??? Turi is wondering where all her underwear has gone. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/29438908

Blood Everywhere 01/12/2024

Blood Everywhere Marci anticipates the arrival of her first grandchild. There will be blood. She will pass out. Turi has just spent an entire afternoon learning about blood sucking creatures. This information is useful for upsetting Marci. The wait continues… /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/29438443

The Master Bedroom 01/11/2024

The Master Bedroom It's winter. Marci likes to watch the cars pile up from her mountain home. Why can't you call it the "master" bedroom anymore? We get out the speculator. And, what are people DOING with all that space? An important rule if you've sold your home. Birthday cards tell the ugly truth. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/29438413

She Who Hates Liver 01/05/2024

She Who Hates Liver What we’d wear to the Oscars if we were famous. How we’d steal all the food at the afterparty if we were famous. What we’d never eat whether we were famous or not. And…what about the fancy cat food? Disgusting pet grooming tips. I’d rather eat it than give it to you. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/29351038

Not Invited Next Year 01/03/2024

Not Invited Next Year The New Year has begun. Turi missed her “last chance” to give to about 27 charities. When you know just a little bit more than the person on the other end of the phone. Marci tried to interest her husband in a designer dress (for her) and a kiss (for him). Neither inquiry produced the intended results. Turi keeps ruining people’s clothes, by describing them. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/29320693

The Dog Pee Magic Carpet 12/31/2023

The Dog Pee Magic Carpet Marci’s dog has learned to read Facebook posts—just in time. The FB friend for whom EVERYTHING is political. How to get along with people in a small town, when you know what they REALLY think. Another household mishap involving dog pee and aeronautics. The demon is in…. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/29283998

Full Male Nudity 12/27/2023

Full Male Nudity Marci is now ready for a post-surgery commemorative t-shirt. We all have T-shirts of regret. That time it would have been a good idea for a man to be wearing pants. The dating life of clowns. Marci wants “The Happy Wanderer” and its ilk to be purged from her memory. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/29237538

Turi Ryder's "She Said What?" Podcast

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